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SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Company in Turks and Caicos Islands
September 17th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an emergency asset freeze against a company located in Turks and Caicos Islands in connection with its operation of a South Florida-based Ponzi scheme. The SEC’s request for the emergency asset ...
As Fed meets, markets fixate on 2 words
September 16th, 2014
A two-word change in the Federal Reserve’s post-meeting statement on Wednesday could drive speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates sooner in 2015 than investors expect. Some economists predict policymakers will remove from its statement a long-standing assurance ...
Sweden’s Hung Parliament Creates Investor Limbo: Nordic Credit
September 15th, 2014
Investors in Sweden’s bond and currency markets may be facing four years of political indecision that threatens to stall budget talks and add volatility to prices. “With this election result it becomes very uncertain,” said Carl Hammer, chief currency ...
Brazilian Mogul faces charges of Insider Trading
September 15th, 2014
The Brazilian businessman Elike Batista was accused of manipulating the share price of his now-bankrupt petroleum company, OGX, and engaging in insider trading. The investigation from the public prosecutor began in April. If a trial takes place and Mr. ...
Argentina’s Congress passes debt restructuring law
September 11th, 2014
Argentina’s Congress gave final approval on Thursday to a law proposing to restructure the country’s debt to skirt a U.S. court ruling that forced it into its second default in 12 years. The debt restructuring plan aims to enable ...
Argentina’s stock market is up 100%
September 10th, 2014
If you read the headlines, Argentina is in default (again) and its economy is tanking. But here’s the funny thing: the country’s stock market is hotter than an underground tango show on a sultry Buenos Aires night. Argentina’s Merval ...
Shifting Polls in Scotland Send Investors Rushing for Shelter
September 9th, 2014
Scotland, home to just five million people, has never weighed on the minds of currency traders and market investors the way that Russia or China or the eurozone has — until now. A poll this weekend showed Scottish voters ...
ECB Wades Into Currency Wars But Needs Reform Backing
September 8th, 2014
The European Central Bank spent a long time being a noncombatant in the global currency wars. But it has decisively entered the fray as it seeks to boost its balance sheet by €1 trillion ($1.294 trillion) through fresh loans ...
Argentina says ‘many creditors’ want to swap into local law debt
September 5th, 2014
Many investors are interested in swapping global Argentine bonds for paper governed by local law, cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich said on Friday, a day after the Senate approved the proposed debt exchange as a way to circumvent U.S. court ...
Promise From European Central Bank Is Also a Gamble
September 5th, 2014
By promising to rev up the printing presses, the European Central Bank has created hope in the markets that Europe may finally start to overcome its economic challenges. Yet the central bank is taking a big gamble in directing ...
